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They frequently wield the ceremonial [[Eviscerator]] [[Chainsword]] as well as the [[Neural Whip]] and are led into battle by brutal overseers known as '''Repentia Mistresses'''.<sup>1</sup>
==Oath of the Penitent==
An Adeptus Sororitas may choose to join the Repentia as an act of penance. The ritual of casting aside her status as Battle Sister is undertaken with her squadmembers in attendance and in the presence of a superior officer. The ritual is as follows:
Penitent: <b>I am far from absolution. Lost to any expulcation. I offer myself to repentance. Before the Emperor I have sinned. Beyond forgiveness. Beyond forbearance. Beyond mercy.</b>
Squadmembers take the Penitent's wargear and cast it aside. They use the remnants of robes to roughly clothe the Penitent
Squad: <b> We turn our backs upon you. We cast off your armour and your arms </b>
Penitent: <b>I leave this company of my own free will and by my will shall I return. I shall seek the Emperor's forgiveness in the darkest places of the night</b>
Penitent's hair is roughly shorn with a knife
Squad: <b>When forgiveness is yours, we shall welcome you back. Until such time you are nameless to us</b>
Penitent: <b>See me and do not see me. Know me and know fear, for I have no face today but this one. I stand before you a Sister Repentia, until absolution finds me once more</b>
Officer: <b>So shall it be</b> <sup>2</sup>
==Images==
==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup>: [[Codex: Witch Hunters (3rd Edition)]] pg. 29
*<sup>2</sup>: [[Faith and Fire (Novel)]] by [[James Swallow]] Chapter Two
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